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The
incredible shrinking supercomputer ranking
IN THE late eighties, Indians had good reason to be proud. Back
then, when the US government refused to allow India to procure
a Cray supercomputer for weather forecasting, our very own Centre
for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) came up with an
indigenous alternative—the Param—based on a massive
parallel processing architecture. |
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Mainframe
training makes a comeback
The new buzzword in IT training comes from an unexpected
source-mainframes. A resurgence in legacy hardware is
attracting professionals who do not mind working on
these platforms, motived by the thought of a long term
carrer in this field.
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Issue of July 2004
Will
wireless work for you?
The Wi-Fi storm brewed a couple of years ago and made
many promises to the Indian enterprise. But was it all
just a storm in a teacup?
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Mediaware
Infotech benefits from niche strategy
Essar
and Bankstar offer RTGS solution
Bartronics
expands into biometrics
Cendura
to launch new version of Cohesion, takes up ‘sales-driven
strategy’
Avocent
targets BPOs in India
Centre
mulls over data protection laws
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| Company Watch |
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Crest
cashes in on the animation wave
CREATIVE skill is intrinsic to the process of animation. It
is this factor that has motivated many companies providing
media-related services to jump into the field of animation.
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| India Trends |
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ICRM
vendors look for new pastures
Conferring
on the Web catches on
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| Opinion |
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Implementing
wireless “switches”
“IBM
plans to tap HPC users for the IntelliStation A Pro”
Taiwan
gains IT edge with speed and skill
Reining
in IT costs
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| News Analysis |
HP
climbs up the NAS ladder
THE Indian NAS market accounted for $16.77 million out of the
total external storage market of $87.15 million in 2003. But
unlike other segments of the storage market, NAS is completely
dominated by leader Network Appliance. |
| E-Business |
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Just
what the doctor ordered
AROUND 1999, Sun Pharmaceuticals was growing at a hectic pace.
Not only had revenue had crossed the Rs 350-crore mark, but
more significantly, the company was adding at least fifty
new products to its portfolio every year.
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| SecureSpace |
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Enemy
at large in Asia
Hey,
what a coincidence
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| Stock File |
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Market
sentiment remains upbeat
The markets have continued to display strength on the back
of reports of a favourable monsoon and CalPERS (The California
Public Employees’ Retirement System), the largest US
pension fund investing $20 million in India.
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| Events |
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Who’s
India’s best security strategist?
When it comes to information security, Indian enterprises
have traditionally remained in reactive mode—sprucing
up security systems only after it is attacked. But with the
severity of security threats increasing everyday, they can
no longer remain complacent.
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| TechSpace |
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Advanced
document routing
Animation
using Direct Draw - I
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